War Weary P-51B 43-6593 WZ-S_ 84FS, 78FG 8AF. Used by the 78FG as a transition A/C from their P-47's. Ended up on its nose in a landing accident 10-Apr-44 at Duxford in the hands of Lt Maurice J Ryan Jr, bending both the starboard U/C and the outer wing panel. Stripped of spares and scrapped.

Structure

GroupThe 78th Fighter Group was initially based at Goxhill but moved to Duxford in April 1943 and stayed there until October 1945. It flew all three of the USAAF's principal fighters. On D-Day every available Thunderbolt provided air cover to the Allied...

Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter Pilot | 78th Fighter GroupDick flew 80 missions and was awarded several medals, but I can't find the list. I will continue to look for it. Del Skjod flew as co-pilot of 'Agony Wagon' a B-17G . Name was not painted on nose.
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Aircraft

P-47 ThunderboltP-47C-2-RE 41-6240 [WZ:E] was assigned to the 78FG/84FS at Duxford, UK. On 18-Oct-43 the aircraft, piloted by 2LT Frankin B. Resseguie, was despatched with other fighters from his group to provide escort to B-17 bombers planned to attack at Duren,...

P-47 ThunderboltAssigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Ostend after pulling off Aerodrome at Miltonberg seen to be smoking, reported zero oil pressure. Bellied in at Darmstadt. Pilot Lt Robert E Clague Prisoner of War (POW). 10...

P-47 ThunderboltP-47 42-25871 was flown by Captain Richard Holly, who gave it the nickname 'Nigger II', named after his wife because of her sun tan. The aircraft was also flown by Lt. Charles D Whitefield, who nicknamed it 'Roger the Lodger'.

Revisions

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)